Ashtavakra Gita [sanskrit]

by John Richards | 1994 | 2,996 words

Ashtavakra Gita is a Sanskrit text belonging to the Advaita Vedanta school of orthodox Indian philosophy, instructing the reader in some of the core concepts. Traditionally believed to be authored by sage Ashtavakra, it is presented in the form of a dialogue between him and Janaka, king of Mithila. Alternative titles: अष्टावक्रगीता, Aṣṭāvakragītā, Astavakragita, अष्टावक्र-गीता, Aṣṭāvakra-gītā.

Verse 14.1

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जनक उवाच ।
प्रकृत्या शून्यचित्तो यः प्रमादाद्भावभावनः ।
निद्रितो बोधित इव क्षीणसंसरणो हि सः ॥ १ ॥

janaka uvāca |
prakṛtyā śūnyacitto yaḥ pramādādbhāvabhāvanaḥ |
nidrito bodhita iva kṣīṇasaṃsaraṇo hi saḥ || 1 ||

Janaka: He who by nature is empty minded, and who thinks of things only unintentionally, is freed from deliberate remembering like one awakened from a dream.
English translation by John Richards (1994) Read online

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (14.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janaka, Prakritya, Prakriti, Shunyacitta, Yah, Pramada, Bhavabhavana, Nidrita, Bodhita, Iva, Kshina, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ashtavakra Gita Verse 14.1). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “janaka uvāca ”
janaka* -
janaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
Line 2: “prakṛtyā śūnyacitto yaḥ pramādādbhāvabhāvanaḥ ”
prakṛtyā -
prakṛtyā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
śūnyacitto* -
śūnyacitta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pramādād -
pramāda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
bhāvabhāvanaḥ -
bhāvabhāvana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 3: “nidrito bodhita iva kṣīṇasaṃsaraṇo hi saḥ ”
nidrito* -
nidrita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bodhita* -
bodhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√budh -> bodhita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √budh]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kṣīṇa -
kṣīṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣīṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]

√kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [vocative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]
saṃsaraṇo -
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]